TheWarOnCars

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

New episode!

@henrygrabar joins us to discuss his new book, "Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World," in which he argues that car storage is a determinative force that shapes cities, buildings, politics, and the health of the planet itself.

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https://thewaroncars.org/2023/05/23/105-paved-paradise-with-henry-grabar/

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"Approximately 2 billion parking spots cover the country, enough to pave over the entire state of Connecticut. From baseball stadiums in Los Angeles to malls in Atlanta, parking lots are bigger than the buildings they surround."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/20/business/parking-minimums-cars-transportation-urban-planning/index.html

#TheWarOnCars #parking #cars

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"The safety hazards in the suburbs are often literally built-in."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/nyregion/new-york-new-jersey-connecticut-suburbs-traffic-deaths.html

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"This national reluctance to recognize cars as dangerous is a bit odd given how readily corporations market them as weapons. Automakers regularly promise to turn their drivers into superheroes or soldiers."

https://newrepublic.com/article/172552/cars-deadly-weapons-brownsville

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"But there is still a problem where the rubber meets the road. Oslo’s air has unhealthy levels of microscopic particles generated partly by the abrasion of tires and asphalt. Electric vehicles, which account for about one-third of the registered vehicles in the city but a higher proportion of traffic, may even aggravate that problem."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/business/energy-environment/norway-electric-vehicles.html

#TheWarOnCars #evs #ev #cars #norway #climatechange

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"According to data from the advertising data firm MediaRadar, the top five largest ad budgets for electric vehicles over the last two years were all for SUVs, not the sedans or compacts that run on smaller batteries. Brands with multiple electric car models, including Chevrolet, Nissan, and Volkswagen, spent more than twice as much money advertising their largest models as their more efficient compact models."

https://theintercept.com/2023/05/08/energy-transition-electrification-consumption/

#TheWarOnCars #ev #cars

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"...while automakers sold about three million fewer cars in 2022 compared to 2019, their profits were reportedly $15 billion higher because what they sell is more expensive."

https://jalopnik.com/new-cars-cost-more-than-most-people-can-afford-1850414664

#TheWarOnCars #cars

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"The average price of a new car in the United States hit $48,008 in March, up 30 percent from March 2020, according to Kelley Blue Book."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/07/new-car-market-high-interest-rates/

#TheWarOnCars #cars

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"For too long we’ve stood by and watched as historic parts of our beautiful city stood in the way of more and more parking spaces. Meanwhile, we have fewer than a dozen spots for every man, woman, and child in Houston. That is simply unacceptable."

https://www.theonion.com/new-houston-law-requires-10-parking-spaces-for-every-pa-1850387581

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

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TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"Parking minimums shape your entire life even if you don’t realize it, from the size of your rent check to the length of your commute to how many friends live nearby."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/05/02/eliminating-parking-minimums-liveable-cities/

#TheWarOnCars #parking #cars

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

David Byrne, welcome to The War on Cars.

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TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"Researchers identified particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) - both of which come from vehicle exhausts - as particularly harmful."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65296752

#TheWarOnCars #pollution #cars

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"Buses aren’t safer because their rubber tires act like crime-fighting vigilantes. The most likely explanation for why buses are safer is because more people use them."

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-04-27/los-angeles-metro-bus-train-transit-public-transportation-service-safety-crime

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"That’s the dichotomy that exists across L.A. County and the rest of car-centric California. On one side: a desire to make our streets safer and more enjoyable. On the other? An unwillingness to actually address the elephant on the road: our loud, dangerous, pollutant-spewing machines."

https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2023-04-26/in-culver-citys-street-space-battle-cars-are-set-to-make-a-comeback-essential-california

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"...formerly redlined neighborhoods — often the targets of mid-century 'slum clearance' projects that destroyed residences & businesses to allow for new arterial roads & highways — had a strong statistical association with increased pedestrian deaths."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/04/26/opinion/road-deaths-racial-gap.html

TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

Just for our friends on Mastodon, buy an official War on Cars coffee mug and we'll throw in a free surprise sticker. While supplies last.

https://the-war-on-cars.myshopify.com/products/the-war-on-cars-mug

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TheWarOnCars, 1 year ago to random

"People are priced out of cities and living on the streets, yet we’ve dedicated huge swaths of land to (nearly empty) parking lots and enormous roads that are home to what we truly value: cars."

https://www.planetizen.com/features/122739-tragedy-parking

#TheWarOnCars #parking #cars